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3D optical memories

12:02:28 pm mst / 14 March 2001 found by paul / filed in inventions / source Nature 66 hits / 1 comment / 0 e-mails

Spanish and Canadian scientists have developed a new mixture of glass and plastic (a "photopolymer") that would be well-suited for high-density 3D optical holographic storage.

Maybe they'll look like the colored lucite memory modules that Geordi LaForge was always working with on "Star Trek: The Next Generation".

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3D Optical Memories by MysteriousStranger 9:40:38 am mst / 15 March 2001 / # 1

. . . or HAL's red memory bricks.